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2807 Continued

                                                                                                       Although examples bearing a Yongle presentation
                                                                                                       mark of this four-armed emanation of the Manjusri
                                                                                                       are known, no other figure inscribed with a
                                                                                                       Xuande presentation mark appears to have been
                                                                                                       published. Compare with published Yongle-
                                                                                                       marked examples such as the figure in the British
                                                                                                       Museum, London, illustrated in Buddhism Art
                                                                                                       and Faith, 1985, no. 308; in the Berti Aschmann
                                                                                                       Foundation of Tibetan Art, illustrated in On
                                                                                                       the Path to Enlightenment, 1995, no. 67; in the

                                                                                                              collection of the State Hermitage Museum,
                                                                                                               St Petersburg, illustrated in Wisdom and

                                                                                                                  Compassion, 1996, no. 30 and formerly
                                                                                                                  in the Speelman Collection, sold at
                                                                                                                  Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7 October 2006,
                                                                                                                lot 804.
                                                                                                                         文殊菩薩,被視為智慧的化身。文殊二字,為梵
                                                                                                                    文Manjusri音譯「文殊師利」的簡稱,又稱「曼殊師
                                                                                                                    利」,原意為「妙德」或「妙吉祥」,因據佛典記
                                                                                                                    載,文殊菩薩出生時現吉祥瑞光而得名。《文殊師利
                                                                                                                    法寶藏陀羅尼經》與《文殊師利般涅槃經》中稱,文
                                                                                                                    殊菩薩生於古印度舍衛國多羅村梵德一婆羅門之家,
                                                                                                                    後隨釋迦佛出家。佛祖涅槃後,他以童子形遊行於
                                                                                                                    「大振那國的五頂山」為眾生宣說佛法。山西五台
                                                                                                                    山,即被視為文殊菩薩說法之「五頂山」道場。
                                                                                                                    此鎏金銅文殊菩薩造型端莊優美,座上蓮瓣飽滿修
                                                                                                                    長,座面橫刻「大明永宣德年施」款。傳世的四臂鎏
                                                                                                                    金銅文殊菩薩像中有數件刻永樂年款,但刻宣德年款
                                                                                                                    的例子卻不為多見,本尊有可能是孤品。可參考數件
                                                                                                                    出版過的永樂例子,一件藏大英博物館,著錄於1985
                                                                                                                    年出版《Buddhist Art and Faith》,圖版308號;一件
                                                                                                                      藏Berti Aschmann西藏藝術基金會,著錄於1995年

                                                                                                                                   出版《On the Path to Enlightenment》,
                                                                                                                                            圖版67號;一件藏聖彼得堡冬宮,
                                                                                                                                                 見1996年出版《Wisdom and
                                                                                                                                                    Compassion》,圖版30號;
                                                                                                                                                      一件為Speelman舊藏,2006
                                                                                                                                                      年10月7日於香港蘇富比拍
                                                                                                                                                      賣,拍品804號。

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